My Top 5 Times In UFC History When Training Partners Became Bitter Enemies.
Intro.
The balance of I love, I hate you, hasn't always been balanced very well, especially when it comes to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Professional respect can turn into jealousy, and hard passion, can turn into hatetred, and sometimes it can start from the grass roots of the sport. The training gym.
5. Chuck liddell And Tito Ortiz.
This is a topic that I have covered multiple times before, but it's needed. These guys were managed by Dana white before he was brought in by Zuffa to promote fights as the president of the UFC, infact this is how Zuffa got hold of the company after Dana battled Bob Myerwitz over Tito's Contract. As time was biding on. Chuck and Tito's popularity was growing, They had trained together for some time up until this point, and then in the aftermath of when Chuck Beat Vitor belfort at UFC 29. Tito took to the mic, and said that their next. And after this Tito would go on and dodge Chuck for over 15 months. In the process of this Match Tito would lose his belt to Randy Couture. Oh and, one of the excuses that Tito made was the fact that he was making a movie. The Crow 3. Just stick to fighting Tito.
4. Jon Jones And Rashad Evans.
Most MMA Coaches believe more in the art of the fight, than team members not fighting team members. According to Rashad Evans this wasn't the case with his old trainer Greg Jackson. In some cases in sport, the athlete is used like a part of a conveyor belt, when one is passed up, along comes the next one. This is how the former Light Heavyweight Champion felt when Jon Jones started to elevate higher up the card. And then the unthinkable happened. Jon Jones was hand given a chance to fight for the Light Heavyweight Championship, this would cause a major rift between the pair, to turn into hatred. Jones would win the belt from Mauricio Shogun Hua at UFC 129, whilst rashad was out with a knee injury, and when their was already an issue, all of a sudden their was a tidal wave of mistrust.
3 Michael Bisping And Quinton Rampage Jackson.
I don't know how this started, but given the fact that at the time of when this was going down. Bisping had just left The Wolflair gym in Liverpool, on the back of him cutting ties with his ex manager. Now this is just my belief, and I could be wrong, but I get the feeling that this exploded after this happened. They seem to be cool nowadays.
2. Team Alpha Male.
This is what happens when third Parties get involved. The main echoe behind this when a team help a fighter reach his best, and then he leaves with that third party. Enter stage left Dwayne Bang Ludwig. Dwayne was brought in by Urijah Faber, and this proved to be a mistake. Dwayne become friends with TJ Dillashaw the then UFC Bantamweight Champion. Dwayne would leave Team Alpha Male, and TJ who at this time was splitting his time between Southern california, and. Denver Colarado, decided that he was going to go with Dwayne, this was when the rift became an avalanche of pure distain, that continued to the point when Cody Garbrandt faced against TJ, when they were both coaches on the Ultimate Fighter season 25 Redemption.
1. The Shamrocks.
This story is reminder of how family hurt, can never heel. The case of the Shamrocks is a complicated one, from bad training methods, to family betrayal. This really is a sad tale.